Trafficator

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn. Nigeria

    "There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer."

  2. 2
    a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn wordnet
  3. 3
    A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles. historical

Synonyms

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blinkerturn indicatorturn signalblinkerdirection indicatordirectional

Example

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"There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer."

Etymology

From traffic + -ator.

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